https://thehappydemic.com.au Spreading wellbeing through laughter, seriously! Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:53:15 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://thehappydemic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-logo-32x32.png https://thehappydemic.com.au 32 32 https://thehappydemic.com.au/world-laughter-day-the-science-behind-contagious-laughter-and-wellbeing/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:20:50 +0000 https://thehappydemic.com.au/?p=6413 Have you ever wondered why you smile back unconsciously when someone smiles at you? Or how you start laughing with friends, even when you’ve missed the punchline? Mirror neurons are at play. In a world still sensitive to the thought of contagions after COVID lockdowns, here we have two human behaviours—laughter and smiling— that are […]

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